1940 Cleveland Rams (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 4-6-1 .400 |
| Head Coach: Dutch Clark |
| Art Lewis | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/4/1940 | H | Midwest College All-Stars | 29-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 22295 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1940 | H | East Chicago Calumet Indians | 38-0 | W | Steubenville, OH | Harding Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-13 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 15941 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-6 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15347 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-21 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 18988 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 16299 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 26-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 13683 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 10313 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-0 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 18881 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | New York Giants | 13-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23614 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-29 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19212 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Chicago Bears | 25-47 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20717 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-13 | T | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 16249 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chet Adams | 34 | LOT-LDT-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Ohio University | 11 | 11 |
| Stan Andersen | 39 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 218 | 23 | Stanford | 11 | 5 |
| Jim Benton | 28 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | Arkansas | 11 | 5 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 6 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 215 | 25 | North Carolina State | 2 | 0 |
| Boyd Clay | 21 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Tennessee | 11 | 5 |
| Bill Conkright | 37 | C-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 26 | Oklahoma | 2 | 2 |
| Olie Cordill | 1 | WB-RDH | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Rice | 10 | 7 |
| Earl Crowder | 40 | BB-S | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Oklahoma | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Drake | 14 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Purdue | 11 | 8 |
| Moose Dunstan | 20 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 238 | 25 | Marin JC; Santa Clara; Portland | 10 | 6 |
| Fred Gehrke | 22 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 189 | 22 | Utah | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 9 | TB-LDH | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Goolsby | 24 | C-LB | 6-2 | 198 | 23 | Mississippi State | 8 | 0 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 3 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Murray State | 1 | 0 |
| Parker Hall | 32 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 198 | 24 | Mississippi | 11 | 7 |
| Johnny Haman | 15 | C-LB | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Northwestern | 11 | 9 |
| Ken Heineman | 7 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 5-9 | 168 | 22 | Texas-El Paso | 3 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 38 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Ohio University | 11 | 3 |
| Mike Kinek | 9 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Michigan State | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Livingston | 31 | ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 219 | 27 | Pittsburg State; Indiana | 9 | 9 |
| Dante Magnani | 8 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 182 | 23 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 4 |
| Riley Matheson | 11 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 207 | 26 | Cameron JC; Texas-El Paso | 11 | 0 |
| Paul McDonough | 19 | ROE-RDE-WB-RDH | 6-4 | 222 | 24 | Utah | 11 | 7 |
| Barney McGarry | 30 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 204 | 23 | Utah | 11 | 11 |
| Ham Murphy | 30 | ROE-RDE | 5-10 | 194 | 25 | Mississippi | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn Olson | 25 | BB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| Maury Patt | 2 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 205 | 25 | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 1 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 36 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 216 | 25 | Western Reserve | 1 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 17 | ROG-RDG | 6-4 | 231 | 23 | Fullerton JC; Arizona State | 11 | 2 |
| Mike Rodak | 23 | LOE-LDE | 5-10 | 195 | 23 | Western Reserve | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Shirey | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Nebraska | 7 | 0 |
| Marty Slovak | 5 | TB-LDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 178 | 24 | Toledo | 9 | 4 |
| Gaylon Smith | 10 | BB-S-TB-LDH | 5-11 | 202 | 24 | Southwestern (Tennessee) | 11 | 8 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 33 | BB-S | 6-0 | 222 | 24 | Minnesota | 10 | 3 |
| Ralph Stevenson | 4 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 196 | 23 | Oklahoma | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson | 12 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 202 | 25 | Western Reserve | 10 | 4 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Olie Cordill | B | Rice |
| 2 | 15 | Merl Condit | B | Carnegie Mellon |
| 3 | 20 | Johnny Haman | C | Northwestern |
| 4 | 30 | Bobby Wood | T | Alabama |
| 5 | 35 | Park Myers | T | Texas |
| 6 | 45 | Ken Heineman | B | Texas-El Paso |
| 7 | 55 | Bob Nowaskey | E | George Washington |
| 8 | 65 | Bill Anahu | E | Santa Clara |
| 9 | 75 | Wilfred Thorpe | G | Arkansas |
| 10 | 85 | Herb Smith | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 11 | 95 | Boyd Clay | T | Tennessee |
| 12 | 105 | Jim Goolsby | C | Mississippi State |
| 13 | 115 | Jack Gregory | T | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 14 | 125 | Pete Bogden | E | Utah |
| 15 | 135 | Owen Goodnight | B | Hardin-Simmons |
| 16 | 145 | Morrie Kohler | B | Oregon State |
| 17 | 155 | Jack Nix | B | Mississippi State |
| 18 | 165 | Ralph Stevenson | G | Oklahoma |
| 19 | 175 | Dante Magnani | B | St. Mary's (California) |
| 20 | 185 | Luke Lindon | T | Kentucky |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 47 | 47 | 26 | 51 | 171 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 65 | 50 | 50 | 191 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 113 | 51 | 56 | 6 | / % | / % | 260 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 151 | / % | / % | 220 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Drake | 9 | 2 | 5 | 40.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 56 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 3 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Jim Benton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Olie Cordill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chet Adams | 0 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Parker Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Haman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Paul McDonough | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Maury Patt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Marty Slovak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Boyd Clay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Pete Gudauskas | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ken Heineman | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Len Janiak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 1 | 171 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 20 | 25 | 80.0 | 7 | 0 | 191 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 29 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Boyd Clay | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Johnny Drake | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 29 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Drake | 134 | 480 | 3.6 | 9 | |
| Parker Hall | 94 | 365 | 3.9 | 1 | |
| Marty Slovak | 53 | 129 | 2.4 | 1 | |
| Olie Cordill | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Len Janiak | 19 | 44 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| Paul McDonough | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Moose Dunstan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Rodak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maury Patt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 364 | 1142 | 3.1 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 467 | 1612 | 3.5 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 183 | 77 | 42.1 | 90 | 1108 | 6.1 | 14.4 | 65 | 6 | 3.3 | 16 | 8.7 | 36.9 | |||
| Marty Slovak | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 7 | 234 | 8.4 | 13.8 | 31 | 1 | 3.6 | 4 | 14.3 | 59.8 | |||
| Gaylon Smith | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 6 | 150 | 8.3 | 15.0 | 38 | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 11.1 | 80.6 | |||
| Ken Heineman | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 4 | 74 | 9.3 | 24.7 | 49 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 71.9 | |||
| Johnny Drake | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 16 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 9t | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 100.0 | |||
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Vic Spadaccini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 247 | 109 | 44.1 | 113 | 1582 | 6.4 | 14.5 | 12 | 4.9 | 25 | 10.1 | 42.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 99 | 40.1 | 123 | 1490 | 6.0 | 15.1 | 13 | 5.3 | 25 | 10.1 | 38.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 22 | 351 | 16.0 | 3 | |
| Vic Spadaccini | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 2 | |
| Olie Cordill | 14 | 158 | 11.3 | 2 | |
| Paul McDonough | 12 | 315 | 26.3 | 1 | |
| Dante Magnani | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 1 | |
| Johnny Drake | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 | |
| Johnny Wilson | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 1 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | |
| Chet Adams | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Earl Crowder | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | |
| Maury Patt | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Johnny Haman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 109 | 1582 | 14.5 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 99 | 1490 | 15.1 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Haman | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 1 | |
| Vic Spadaccini | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 60t | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Marty Slovak | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Parker Hall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Ken Heineman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Olie Cordill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Drake | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Conkright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 306 | 12.2 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olie Cordill | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 47 | ||||||
| Parker Hall | 57 | 2489 | 43.7 | 75 | ||||||
| Gaylon Smith | 11 | 391 | 35.5 | 62 | ||||||
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | ||||||
| Ken Heineman | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 34 | ||||||
| Len Janiak | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 77 | 41.9 | 75 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 349 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 349 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 655 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 1 |
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